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I think you have to get used to how the young ones talk and write in this modern age.

I agree. In these days of autocorrect it should be quite easy to write properly. But that’s only my view how others want to write is up to them. I guess so long as we can understand what they are trying to say it’s all good

Understandable is fine, although meaning can change in the flash of an apostrophe, colon, or semi-colon. An enjoyable read is the book Eats, Shoots & Leaves for understanding punctuation use and change. I just don't think it is a 'youth' thing; the era and area we were 'schooled' makes a difference to word use and spelling.

Or is it dyslexia

Coudl be dyslexic, or small keyboadr chubby fingers syndrome.

not just you !
deliberate use of lower case ee cummings style is fine.
but when someone writes a long-winded paragraph as a continuous sentence without punctuation, it's near impossible to read.
that's a fail.

Absolute turn off for me

It very well could be

Me too! I laugh inwardly about the fact that atrocious spelling, bad grammar and non-existent punctuation (especially in an 'applicants' initial message) shouldn't have an impact on, nor be a prerequisite for, whether I reply or wish to have him as a sex partner. It just does...Neanderthals need not apply 🙄

I think on the flip side of this coin, that many find correct spelling, grammar and, punctuation either, intimidating, 'snobby' or 'incomprehensible'? As it does not fit with txt spk/typn or their communication style.

Touche, totally agree and to each their own, of course. Personally, being of a certain vintage and excelling at English at school, it went against the grain for quite some time to not use correct, spelling, grammar and punctuation when texting etc. I can, and do now, use txt speak, emojis, acronyms and the like. Seems you can teach an old dog (or bitch) new tricks

I applaud your ability to change, I simply find it rather 'uncomfortable'? To undo what was taught. Or, maybe, I simply won't down skill?

At first glance i thought it said
Bad Grandma.
Mmmmm

Wouldn't mind a bad grandma to play with

One of the worst has got to be people who don't realise a sentence should start with a capital letter.

Is their an emoji for "taking the piss" ??

One of the worst has got to be people who don't realise the difference between there, they're and their.

rigt

Too and to and your and you're

and yaw :)

affect/effect
break/brake
pha se/faze

just so much dumb about

no capitals is cool eg. ee cummings, cormac mccarthy, james joyce et al

What about the ACC motorcycle add “ look agen look agen WTF it’s on the radio!!!!

bad grammar iz a big turn of? it dose effect what I think of the other person

🤣👅

Autocorrect is often American-English biased, hence "u" gets dropped from "colour," and so forth. Misuse of "to, too and two is irksome.
Here are some more:
Tire (being fatigued) and tyre (rubber around the outside of a wheel);
Your (possessive), You're (you are), yaw (movement term) and yore (long ago);
Does and dose. Abject laziness!
Math, rather than maths. It's a plural, people.
And lastly, the term "pacific," e.g. "Can you be more pacific?" The Pacific is an ocean. Pacific also derives from pacify, or peace encouraging. For those of you who use this term, the word you require is "specific."

I find that most young ones write well. I think people who grew up with old first gen text apps on their phones are the worst. They still use all the shortened text speak abbreviations.

bad writing can be from young or old,
witness the recent gaff from a us congresswoman who confused "gazpacho" and "gestapo"

just noticed bad spelling on this page too.
stop following a discussion and this pops up
*Pouf* it's gone
pouf ???

Their-ownership as in heir.
There-place as in here.
They're-apostrophe denotes a missing letter i.e. they are.

Bad Grammar..,seriously, a turn off !!. If she wants to kiss and cuddle, fondle and suck , text speak or Morse code will do by me ,

So glad I'm not the only one who has that issue with pacific/specific. Had a friend for years who only ever used 'Pacific' and I just wanted to slap the correct term into her. I agree with a previous poster that it isn't just the younger generation that uses 'text speak' in messages, I've had it in messages from guys aged in their twenties all the way to sixties

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Published January 21, 20

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That is very good...I had no trouble reading what you wrote and quickly I didn't have to think about it

me too

So what does that make us?

How about there, their and they're 😅

I thought this was something everyone could do... It's easier to transpose it to correction than to read as it's written [most likely due to as written, it forms gibberish] 😅